Christopher Holt
Internal Medicine · San Diego, CANPI 1992860977
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 95.6% of the total across 261 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 15 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 33.6% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,134 and has fallen 96.6% since, to $73 in 2022. Among internal medicine clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 261 payments — averaging $20.02 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$2K
- Gilead$1K
- Johnson & Johnson$471
- Theratechnologies Inc.$383
- Merck$298
- Janssen Products, LP$200
- plus $731 from 9 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,99796%
- Education$2284%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 90 | $1,756 |
| Gilead | 77 | $1,387 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 28 | $471 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 18 | $383 |
| Merck | 16 | $298 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 2 | $200 |
| EMD Serono, Inc. | 13 | $197 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $189 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 4 | $94 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 4 | $68 |
| Acerus Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 2 | $54 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 2 | $47 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $36 |
| GSK | 1 | $29 |
| Napo Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1 | $19 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$5,226 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 13,581 internal medicine providers in California.
Other internal medicine in San Diego
- Hatim HusainSan Diego$2M
- Steven EdelmanSan Diego$863K
- Christian RamersSan Diego$675K
- Adam ZweigSan Diego$421K
- James BreitmeyerSan Diego$227K
- Andrew ChengSouth San Francisco$55.1M
- Tung NgoNewport Beach$4.9M
- Christian EversullStanford$2.9M
- Christian SandrockSacramento$2.1M
- Teck LingPalo Alto$1.1M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.